Brief (sadly way OT) de-lurk

[Jane O' Sweet]

John Peacock wrote:
> 
> A while ago Ms Sweet implied that the EU was a Nation. You could get shouted at quite badly claiming that sort of thing around here. It's a hotly contested issue. Probably best to think of it, even at this late stage, as a trading bloc.
> 
> This post has take so long towrite, that it's probably redundant by now.
> 
> Oh well. Throw mud. Return to shadows. Wait for return of fire. Ignore it.
> 
> Terrible, cowardly behaviour.
> 
> Bye bye,
> 
> John


You could get your bra strap snapped over here for making
such claims too. Of course we still have men carrying guns
in Texas believing they are a Nation State like any in the
EU, but these  United States of America, those United States
of Mexico and those United Provinces of Canada are United by
free trade and w/o it, we will have not only two Canada's,
but 85 Nation States raising flags and marching over the
fields of the poor. 

I disagree MalignD. Doug, correct me if I'm wrong here Doug,
seeks to situate Pynchon on the extreme radical Left.
Pynchon's sympathies for the preterite are full of ironic,
parodic, fury. I think Dave Monroe has made some very good
arguments on this---Marcuse.